Drag-saw



Patented `luly 10, 1.923, l .I A l y' d 'Y y I err sagsfrarss Imre-1n'if rice Y., 'i l l interni.Feigen cHEsiiWgyvasiatilvsfruitlr "liiBvG-sAVf-ff i Y l .l 4f rrligiat'itir filed d August 24, reanserrierivo; vlatini-e, Y' f TFaZ'Z-fwfomiit mapeo/noemt" 'g therethrough'a-ndsecured'to the bar finad Be it 'knew-1ifth-atI, FRANK* FOX; citizen'yvan'ce'ofsaid rol-ler isa head 17. As shown citi-ieV United States,resid-ing at Ghesawfin in` `detail in Figuren?) of the v drawing,fthe'the county of Okanogan and Statefo-fIVash head' is preferably formed ofa single! length "5 i-ngton, have invented certainnew and use olfsuitable resilientshe'et metal bent togpro- 8o ful Improvements inDragt-Saws, lofwhich video-'verla-pping "top and bottom strips,vthethefollowing isaspeci-fifcation; bottom "strip extending b eyor-idftheyto-pfstri-p s This invention relates to animproved? and the t'opvv stripbeing-providedatits* free-1- Y dragsawandz has as` one` ofitsprincipal'obend with anupstandingflange 1/8` overlying Ifo jects to provide `ladevice of this character' their outerrend"'edge ofthe body bar'. "EX-565- where'by a single y persoi'i may 4quickly and tending through saidstrips and" throughV easily fell. trees, il the-bar are' bolts oryotherapprovedfastening l The linver-ition` has asa. furtherpbje'ct'todevicesl 19 securing the vhea-d upon the bar. provifdoha. devicefofthisdcharacter 'wherein Pivotallly' Inou-nted'upo'n Ythe'pro'jecting endj l5 the body thereof may be`v adjustably elevated of the bottomstripofthe head is anchor-l 70 or lowered to meet varying requirements of ingplate 20.notched to provide prongs 21 Y practical working conditions.and carried by the plateis ai bolt 22 freely 'Y And the invention has asa still further Vreceived through an arcuate slot 23 in said object toprovide 'a device which will be strip. Thus, as' will be seen,the'plate20 characterized by structural simplicity and may be adjustablyswung upon thehead and 75'- which, in use, will prove thoroughlyefficient. secured in adjusted position by thebolt 22,`

Other'and incidental objects will appear Mounted upon lthe body bar is acrossl v hereinafter. v y head comprising top and bottom plates 24 Inthe drawings: confronting opposite sides'of the ybar andl l 25 Figure 1is a perspective view showing my extending between said plates throughthe 80,`

improved device in conjunction with a tree, slot'12 of the bodybar arepins' 25 and 26 the device being erected for felling the tree,connecting-the plates, the crosshead being,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section taken of course, slidablelongitudinally ofthe -b-ar. medially through thedevice,' j d Mountedupon `said pins Within the slot 12 Figure 3 is an inverted perspectiveview are rollers27 adapted to icoact withv the side",

showing the head of thedevic'e in detail, walls'of thev slot forsup-porting the :cross Figure 4 is a fragmentary section on the `head tofreely move longitudinally of the line 1L-Lof Figure 2, looking in thedirecbar and connected at o-ne end tothe uppertion of the arrows, and 'jend of the vpin 25 is a. spring 28, the opposite Figure 5 is a detailplan view showing end of which is secured to a pin 29 driven 0 c theguide roller employed for the free end into the bar, the spring normallyholdingV of the saw blade, the tree supporting the` theV cross headretracted. Secured at one roller being in section; end to: thepin 26 ofthe cross head is an Referring now more particularly to the appropriatesaw 30 fand lmounted'upon the drawing, I employ a body bar 10 in whichfree end of the saw is a suitable handle 31. 5

is a medial longitudinally directedV slot 12 In Figure lof the drawing,`'I havelshown f extending throughout the major portion of Amy improvedvdevice in conjun'ctio'nfwith a i the lengthof the bar. Hinged to theOuter tree, Vset up for felling the tree. As will be end of the bar isone section l of a supporte observed, the prongs 21 of the anchoringling leg, the` other section 14 of which is adplate 20 upon the `head 17Y ofthe device are 100 justably connected to the rst section by a sunkinto the tree at the'level of the cutto bolt 15 extending throughsuitable slots in vbe made, thev body, bar being arranged to thesections. Thus, by loosening the wing lextend radially from the tree andbeing i nut of said bolt the eective'length of the leg supported at. itsouter end by the leg 14';

may be readily varied. Extending between Since the section 14 of :thislegmay be readl 2105 the leg at its inner side and the bodybar c ilyadjusted, as previously noted, the bodv is a folding brace l5. Mounted uon the i bar `may be easily disposed lin horizontal bar'near its innerend isa horizonta ly ldisposition, while the' spaced prongs 21 will lposed guide roller 16 upstanding )from the preventside swaying of thebody bar.y The A bar and freely received in a suitable opening handle 31 of the saw may therefore be no grasped and the saw reciprocated forcutting through the tree, the spring 28 operating to retractfthe saweach timeV it is drawn forwardly. The roller 16 is provided forsustaining the free end portion of the j saw so that the saw will beheld out of contact with the head 17 while provision is made foradjustment of the anchoring plate 20 so that the forward end of the bodybar may be shifted laterally in either one direction or the other, asthe cutting operation progresses, without the necessity for'disconnecting the anchoring plate from the tree. Driven into the treejust below the level of the cut to be made is a pin 32 upon which ismounted a lroller 33 for guiding the saw when starting the cut, Itwill-accordingly be seen that I provide a particularly simple andeffective construction for the purpose set forth and while I have shownthe preferred embodiment of the invention still, as will be appreciated,various minor changes or modifications, as may be dictated by practicaluse, may be made therein. I accordingly reserve the right to allinvention,

body bar, a head mounted upon one end thereof and provided with anarcuate slot, an anchoring plate pivotally connected to the head foradjustment laterally with respect to the bar, means carried by the plateto extend through said slot securing the plate in adjusted position, anda saw blade carried by the bar for movement longitudinally thereof. f i

2. In a drag saw, ya body bar, a plate bent to form a head projecting atone end of the bar and having a stop flange engaging the adjacent endedge cf the bar limiting the plate aga-inst rearward movement upon thebar, means connecting said plate to the` bar, `an anchoring plateadjustable upon said head, and a saw blade carried by the bar formovement longitudinally thereof. ln testimony whereof I aflix mysignature.

FRANK FOX. [1. s]

